Thursday, March 28, 2013

Rubio, Paul May Filibuster Gun Control Legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Florida Senator Marco Rubio is once again joining his Tea Party fili-bro, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, in what could be another filibuster in the U.S. Senate. The issue this time is gun control.

Rubio and Paul joined Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) in a letter to Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) expressing opposition to any
legislation with additional restrictions on the Second Amendment rights
of law-abiding citizens.

“We, the undersigned, intend to oppose any legislation that would
infringe on the American people’s constitutional right to bear arms, or
on their ability to exercise this right without being subjected to
government surveillance,” the senators write. “The Second Amendment to
the Constitution protects citizens’ right to self-defense. It speaks to
the history’s lesson that government cannot be in all places at all
times, and history’s warning about the oppression of a government that
tries.”

In joining this effort, Rubio added, “We should look for ways to keep
firearms out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill prone to
misusing them, but I oppose legislation that will be used as a vehicle
to impose new Second Amendment restrictions on responsible, law-abiding
gun owners. We should work to reduce tragic acts of violence by
addressing violence at its source, including untreated mental illness,
the lack of adequate information-sharing on mental health issues, and
the breakdown of the family.”